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P408: Red Raiders Had Themselves a Month, and Yet...
After an uncharacteristically mediocre July (13-10, including losing 2 out of 3 right before and 4 straight right after the All-Star break), the Huntley Red Raiders went and had themselves a fun August.
"What do you mean?" interjects fellow AC West inhabitant Bronx Rejects. "We held our own against Huntley in August, beating them 4 times in 10 head-to-head matchups."
"Yes," counters Huntley, "we were only 6-4 against you in August, but in the other 19 games, we went...19-0!"
And after winning the first 2 games in September, Huntley is on a cool 27-4 run over the last 5 weeks. Suffice it to say, everything's turning up Red Raiders right now...
...and yet, thanks in large part to an amazing 24-3 July, the Excelsior Dodgers are still 3 games up on Huntley for the #1 AC seed. Thanks to some impressive offensive showings of late, Huntley now has a slight edge in run differential over the Dodgers, +327 to +317, but the Red Raiders are 4 games off their Pythagorean record, while Excelsior is right on target.
Elsewhere in the AC, the Charity Island Walleye have opened up a comfortable 6.5-game lead in the AC East, and the New Image Blaze and California Alliance have seemingly solidified their spots in the Wild Card game.
Meanwhile, in the NC, the Singapore Sluggers have increased their lead in the NC Central over the Collingwood Magpies to 7.5 games. Collingwood still has the better run differential, +437 to +429, but is an astounding 10 games off their Pythagorean record. The Austin Fellwalkers look poised to win the NC East comfortably, leaving the Barut Patriots and Phoenix Firebirds to battle it out for the NC West crown, with the loser almost certain to claim the second Wild Card spot.
Current standings...
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